Significant Earthquakes in Taiwan
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Taiwan, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Taiwan with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 103
- Deaths counted
- 57,724
- Earliest
- 1661
The deadliest
- May 22, 1782, Tainan, Taiwan
- April 20, 1935, Mialoi, Taiwan
- July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, Taiwan
- September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, Taiwan
- 1721, Tainan, Taiwan
- June 6, 1862, Tainan, Taiwan
- March 16, 1906, Jiayi, Taiwan
- December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- December 18, 1867, Chilung (Keelung), Taiwan
- February 1845, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- December 16, 1941, Taiwan
- January 30, 1736, Tainan, Taiwan
- August 9, 1792, Jiayi, Tainan, Taiwan
- August 28, 1916, Taiwan
- November 5, 1904, Jiayi, Taiwan
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- December 27, 2025, Wugu, Taiwan
- January 20, 2025, Tainan, Taiwan
- April 2, 2024, Hua-Lien, Taiwan
- September 18, 2022, Hualien, Taiwan
- March 22, 2022, Hualien, T'Ait-Tung, Taiwan
- August 7, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan
- April 18, 2019, Hualien, Taiwan
- February 6, 2018, Hualien, Taiwan
- February 5, 2016, Tainan, Taiwan
- April 20, 2015, Taipei, Taiwan
- June 2, 2013, Jenai, Taiwan
- March 27, 2013, Nantou County, Taipei, Taiwan
- February 26, 2012, Pingtung, Taiwan
- March 4, 2010, Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan
- December 19, 2009, Hualien, Taiwan
- December 26, 2006, Pingtung, Taiwan
- November 13, 2006, Taiwan Region
- April 1, 2006, T'Ait-Tung, Taiwan
- October 15, 2004, T'Ao-Yuan, Taiwan
- May 1, 2004, Taroko Gorge National Park, Hualien, Taiwan
- December 10, 2003, T'Ai-Tung, Kao-Hsiun, Taiwan
- March 31, 2002, Taipei, Taiwan
- December 18, 2001, Taiwan
- June 10, 2000, Nan-Tou, Taiwan
- May 17, 2000, Tai-Chung County, Taiwan
- October 22, 1999, Chia-I, Taiwan
- September 25, 1999, Central, Taiwan
- September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, Taiwan
- July 17, 1998, Chia-I, Tainan, Hualien, Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan
- May 3, 1998, Taiwan
- September 5, 1996, Taiwan Region
- September 16, 1994, Taiwan Region
- June 5, 1994, Chi-Lung, I-Lan, Taipei, Nan-Ao, Taiwan
- May 24, 1994, Taiwan
- December 13, 1990, Hua-Lien, Taiwan
- December 13, 1990, Hualien, Taipei, Taiwan
- July 20, 1988, Hualien, Su-Hua, Taiwan
- November 14, 1986, Taipei, Hualien, Taiwan
- May 20, 1986, Hualien, Taiwan
- December 23, 1978, Pintung, Taiwan
- July 23, 1978, Taiwan
- April 24, 1972, Hualien, Taiwan
- January 25, 1972, Taiwan
- January 25, 1972, Taiwan
- January 4, 1972, Taiwan
- October 25, 1967, Hualien, Taiwan
- March 12, 1966, Taiwan
- January 18, 1964, Tainan, Taiwan
- February 13, 1963, Taipei, Hsinch, Taiwan
- August 15, 1959, Taiwan
- April 26, 1959, Taipei, Taiwan
- February 23, 1957, Hualien, Taipei, Taiwan
- November 24, 1951, Taiwan
- October 22, 1951, Taiwan
- December 4, 1946, Taiwan
- December 16, 1941, Taiwan
- December 6, 1938, Taiwan
- December 8, 1937, Taidong, Taiwan
- August 22, 1936, Taiwan
- July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, Taiwan
- June 7, 1935, Taizhong, Taiwan
- May 4, 1935, Xinzhu, Taiwan
- April 20, 1935, Mialoi, Taiwan
- August 11, 1934, Yilan, Taiwan
- December 22, 1930, Tainan, Taiwan
- December 8, 1930, Tainan, Taiwan
- August 24, 1927, Taiwan
- September 1, 1922, Taiwan
- June 5, 1920, Taiwan
- July 4, 1917, NE of Taiwan
- May 6, 1917, Taiwan
- January 4, 1917, Puli, Taiwan
- November 14, 1916, Taiwan
- August 28, 1916, Taiwan
- April 12, 1910, Taiwan
- November 21, 1909, Taiwan
- April 14, 1909, Taipei, Taiwan
- April 13, 1906, Jiayi, Taiwan
- March 16, 1906, Jiayi, Taiwan
- November 5, 1904, Jiayi, Taiwan
- April 24, 1904, Jiayi, Taiwan
- September 7, 1903, Taiwan
- March 19, 1897, Yilan, Taiwan
- January 1884, Jiayi, Taiwan
- December 9, 1882, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- September 25, 1881, Taiwan
- February 18, 1881, S of Xinzhu, Taiwan
- December 18, 1867, Chilung (Keelung), Taiwan
- June 6, 1862, Tainan, Taiwan
- December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- February 1845, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- June 27, 1839, Jiayi, Taiwan
- October 13, 1815, Taiwan
- March 18, 1811, Off West Coast, Danshui, Taiwan
- August 9, 1792, Jiayi, Tainan, Taiwan
- May 22, 1782, Tainan, Taiwan
- December 1776, Jiayi, Kagi, Taiwan
- January 30, 1736, Tainan, Taiwan
- January 5, 1721, Tainan, Taiwan
- 1721, Tainan, Taiwan
- October 31, 1720, Tainan, Taiwan
- April 1694, Taibei (Taipei), Taiwan
- January 8, 1661, Tainan, Taiwan
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.